Mike Sanford

New Zealand’s youngest mayor is also the Gore District’s new mayor. Twenty-three-year-old tech entrepreneur Ben Bell was declared elected as Gore District Mayor today with 2,371 votes to incumbent Tracy Hicks’ 2,363 after special votes were counted. There will be five new faces when the Council meet

The 39th Yunca Junior Tour of Southland took place over the weekend, with close to 140 of the country’s top junior cyclists taking to the roads around Invercargill and Bluff over three days and six stages. In the U13 girls race, Kendra Gray proved untouchable, taking out the yellow jersey, the Road

Invercargill ratepayers are coming to grips with a city without long-serving mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt at the helm. He was ousted by first-term councillor and deputy mayor Nobby Clark in a decisive victory that was announced less than two hours after polls closed. It was a win that nearly didn’t happen

Environment Southland is welcoming five newly elected councillors. While these are the preliminary results, the special votes that are yet to be counted are unlikely to change the results. Newcomers in the Invercargill-Rakiura constituency are Phil Morrison, who was a member of the Regional Forum, a

Cancer care advocate Melissa Vining says Southland Hospital is on the brink of collapse. She has received a large number of messages and staff outlining their concerns and has been told the hospital’s Paediatric Assessment Unit has been closed for three weeks now – and is not likely to open for at l

Lumsden businessman Rob Scott leads a very tight race to become the new Southland district mayor. After counting of preliminary votes today in the Southland district local elections, Rob Scott led Geoffrey Young by 18 votes, with the incumbent, Gary Tong, a further 15 votes back in third place.  Spe

Over 400 riders from 125 schools will head to the deep south for the Skoda New Zealand Schools track cycling and mountain bike championships this week. The SKODA National School Track Championships will be staged at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome in Invercargill on Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 October,

Gore District Council 2022 Triennial Elections PRELIMINARY RESULT The preliminary result for the Gore District Council elections held on Saturday 8th October is as follows. Mayoralty: BELL, Ben 2,346 HICKS, Tracy 2,333 There were 67 special votes issued. We expect the final result on Thursday. INFOR